Global servers confirmed for Final Fantasy XIV

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Speaking with PC Gamer at E3 last week, FFXIV's North American Online Producer Yasu Kurosawa, revealed that the upcoming MMO will definitely feature global servers, explaining that, "From the community perspective, one of the things that makes us unique is [having players from] different countries playing together. It's the uniqueness of Final Fantasy XI. We would like to have a similar experience that nobody else among other MMOs is having."

When we followed up with questions regarding how they'll ensure lag doesn't become a major issue, Senior Vice President Hiromichi Tanaka assured us that the game design takes into account the lag issues that might arise with a global server population, "The game system itself copes with all the lag so it doesn't matter which region the players are accessing the game from--it's not going to affect the user's gameplay experience."